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About Town - Hermosa Beach
Hooley hoopsters
Ah, the luck of the Irish — Hermosa’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade actually takes place on St. Patrick’s Day this year! To get in the spirit of the holiday, the South Bay St. Patrick’s Day Committee is hosting its annual Hooley (Irish Party) this Saturday, March 3 from 6-9 p.m. at the Clarke Building in Hermosa Beach. Food from local Hermosa Beach eateries and entertainment by Wrath of McGrath, and the Kelly School of Dance will be provided. $10 for adults, $5 for kids.
Car wars
Sandra Rogers, on-site manager for the Marineland mobile home park, said the Lexus auto that sustained water damage from last week’s rains was not on a parking platform that had been raised one foot especially for its use, and had its sun roof left open overnight.
Rogers comments were in response to information in a photo caption that ran in last week’s Easy Reader. The owner of the car denied that the sun roof was left open, and said that during the rain he moved the vehicle from guest parking to his own spot, then to a street outside the park.
Rogers said a $20,000 pump carries water from a small, low-lying section of the park 500 feet uphill to a drainage system on Valley Drive.
"All Hermosa was flooded, we had four inches of rain," she said.
Hermosa Beach Public Works Superintendent Mike Flaherty said the installation of the pump last year was an improvement, and the property managers were working to fine-tune the pump so that it will turn itself on sooner when flooding occurs.
The flooding occurs in the area of six of the park’s 60 spaces.
It’s Eminem!
Anger management classes for youth begin next week at room 17 of the Hermosa Beach Community Center, 710 Pier Avenue at Pacific Coast Highway, announced officials of Project Touch. The classes, which meet court referral requirements, cost $25 a session, plus $50 for registration and materials. Scholarships are available for those who qualify. The ongoing program features "open entry/open exit flexibility," officials said.
For information call Jackie at 379-5206.
Hermosa ahoy
"Class act" and "out of this world" were among the phrases U.S. Navy Capt. G. M. Erickson used to describe Hermosan hospitality during a January port-of-call visit by two warships. The only complaint by the frigates’ roughly 400 enlistees "was that the visit was too short," Erickson wrote in a letter to Hermosa Councilman J.R. Reviczky, a Navy veteran who helped to arrange the weekend port call. Last October the 563-foot destroyer USS Elliot made a local port call, becoming the first Navy ship to visit Hermosa in 72 years. ER